CVE-2026-8804

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.76.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.7 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 100% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
6.7
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.7Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Puppet resource_api (shipped in Puppet Core 8.x and Puppet Enterprise 2023.8.x and 2025.x) does not preserve the sensitive flag on parameters defined via the resource-api, causing values such as passwords to be stored in cleartext in the agent's local transaction state cache. Affected versions of the resource_api module include all versions between 1.5.0 - 1.9.1 and 2.0.0 The issue was fixed in puppet resource_api 1.9.2 and 2.0.1 released with Puppet Core 8.20.0 and PE 2023.8.10 & PE 2025.11.0.

CVSS v3
6.7
EG Score
6.7(medium)
EPSS
0.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 3, 2026

Last Modified

July 6, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 3, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Perforce Support Portal

https://portal.perforce.com/s/cve/a91Qi000003511lIAA/cve20268804-cleartext-storage-of-sensitive-information-for-puppet-resource-api

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8804(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 29× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-16 08:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-15 06:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-14 04:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-13 06:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-13 02:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-12 00:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-10 22:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-09 20:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-08 18:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-08 15:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-07 16:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-06 14:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-05 12:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-04 10:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-03 08:27 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-03 08:26 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8804?
CVE-2026-8804 is a medium vulnerability published on July 3, 2026. Puppet resourceapi (shipped in Puppet Core 8.x and Puppet Enterprise 2023.8.x and 2025.x) does not preserve the sensitive flag on parameters defined via the resource-api, causing values such as passwords to be stored in cleartext in the agent's local transaction state cache. Affected versions of…
When was CVE-2026-8804 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8804 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 3, 2026, with the most recent update on July 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8804 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8804 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8804?
CVE-2026-8804 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8804?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8804, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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